Hope for Childless Couples as Experts Gather at East India Fertility Conclave 2025

News Desk, News Nation 360 : Alarmed by the declining birth rate in India, particularly in West Bengal, the Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR, Bengal) held the East India Fertility Conclave 2025 in Kolkata to share the latest in infertility treatments. This conclave was attended by around five hundred top experts from all over the country, including world-renowned names such as Dr. Sudeep Basu, Dr. Dibyendu Banerjee, Dr. Suparna Bhattacharya, Dr. Oindri Sanyal, Dr. S. M. Rahman, Dr. S. Suresh, Dr. Pramathesh Das Mahapatra, and Dr. S. Vaijayanti. The conference included eleven workshops on the first day to educate young doctors, and on the second day, major events included the Kamal Kumar Das Memorial Lecture by Dr. S. Suresh and the Baidyanath Chakraborty Memorial Lecture by Dr. Pramathesh Das Mahapatra, along with a panel discussion on social media for doctors chaired by Dr. Kunal Sarkar with special guest Sujoy Prasad Chattopadhyay. The conference touched upon the fact that an estimated 27.5 million couples in India suffer from infertility, with wide-ranging discussions on advanced diagnostic techniques and new information holding out hope for those wanting children, as doctors and scientists shared their results. Experts such as Dr. Dibyendu Banerjee pointed to the promise of genetic analysis for improved treatment outcomes and discussed how to deal with high-risk pregnancies after IVF, while new studies on AI and probiotics in infertility were also discussed. The need for fertility preservation before cancer treatment was also stressed, with Dr. S. Vaijayanti citing the preservation of immature eggs/sperm in young cancer patients, and attempts are being made to make IVF treatment more accessible, with the hope that this conclave will usher in new possibilities for childless couples.

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